Aloha, Good morning. I lived on a property that was almost 18,000 square feet. The property was on a hill with a flat part at the top a hill then flat then hill again. I would mow the lawn. My land lord had a gas mower that was very old. I had someone sharpen the blades and clean it up before using the beast. I had plenty of people tell me it would be "hard" for me to mow the lawn. I've never been to great at listening to people tell me about what they think I can't do. I am much better at listening when people are helping me find solutions. I figured out where to put the gas and oil, how to start the darn thing and use it. Before I used it I thought about safety and here is what I did. I would never push the mower up hill so that it could not come back on me. I would have the mower in front of me on the downward slope of the hill at all times. If it got away from me on the hill it would travel down the hill on its own. The beast never got away from me. I would pull the mower back up the hill or mow across the hill in a back and forth motion to get to the top. I mowed in both directions to be sure I had got most the grass. My goal was to have cut grass and no injuries. I felt pretty sure the lawn mower couldn't come back on me mowing the grass in the manner described. The first few times I mowed the grass I was a bit nervous partly because the machine was so loud. When I was growing up we had a push mower which of course would have taken for ever to mow the huge yard I mowed with the gas lawn mower. Have a great day. Aloha Sheryl
04:09 AM 3/23/2010, you wrote: > > >Is there a safe way a totally blind person can use lawn mowers? > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
